PSYCH 3313 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Edwin Smith Papyrus, Franz Joseph Gall, Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
9 Sep 2016
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Historical highlights in neuroscience: ancient milestones in understanding the nervous system. Archaeological evidence of brain surgery suggests as long as 7,000 years ago, people tried to cure others by drilling holes in the skull = trepanation. Edwin smith surgical papyrus = oldest known medical writing in history. Hippocrates identified epilepsy as originating in the brain. Galen believed erroneously that the ventricles played important role in transmitting messages: the dawn of scientific reasoning. Mind-body dualism a philosophical perspective put forward by. Rene descartes in which body is mechanistic, whereas the mind is separate and nonphysical. Monism a philosophical perspective characteristic of the neurosciences in which the mind is viewed as the product of activity in the brain. Charles bell and francois magendie: demonstrated that info traveled in one direction, not two, within sensory and motor nerves: modern neuroscience begins. Camillo golgi: continued support concept of nervous system as vast, interconnected network of continuous fibers.
